Confused Haploa Moth
Haploa confusa Lyman, 1887
Confused Haploa Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.org/species/2478
Synonyms
Hodges #8112 
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19 Records

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Status

Maryland is near the southern range limit. All Maryland records are from the far western counties. Comes to lights, and is considered diurnal like other Haploa species.

Description

The smallest and darkest Haploa species. Black forewing markings are prevalent, often reducing the white in the forewings to spots. Hindwings are white. The Confused Haploa should be the only heavily (dark) marked Haploa with white hindwings, encountered in the western counties.

Relationships

Like other members of the genus, larvae of Confused Haploa feed on a variety of plant species including asters and borage species.

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Confused haploa
Adult (top) and larva (bottom)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Haploa
Species:
H. confusa
Binomial name
Haploa confusa
(Lyman, 1887)
Synonyms[1]
  • Callimorpha confusa Lyman 1887

Haploa confusa, the confused haploa or Lyman's haploa, is a moth of the family Erebidae that occurs in North America. The species was first described by H. H. Lyman in 1887.[2] The caterpillars feed on a hound's tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).[3][4][5]

Description

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Adult

Adults have cream-colored forewings with brown markings and almost completely white hindwings.

Caterpillar

The caterpillar is black with straight yellow dorsal stripes, sub-dorsal stripes and a broad lateral stripe.

References

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  1. ^ "Haploa confusa (Confused Haploa)". Archived from the original on 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
  2. ^ Lyman, H. H. (October 1887). "The North American Callimorphas". The Canadian Entomologist. 19 (10): 181-191.
  3. ^ Murray, Tom (July 8, 2018). "Species Haploa confusa - Confused Haploa Moth - Hodges#8112". BugGuide. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  4. ^ Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Confused Haploa Haploa confusa (Lyman, 1887)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  5. ^ Savela, Markku. "Haploa confusa (Lyman, 1887)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2019.


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